We've got your first details on DC's newest Earth One graphic novel featuring a drastically different take on the Corps.

DC Comics’ Earth One line of graphic novels continues to expand, this time into the far reaches of space with Green Lantern: Earth One Vol. 1 by writer Corinna Bechko and writer/artist Gabriel Hardman with colorist Jordan Boyd.

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Whereas Jordan is usually depicted as a cocky, hothead test pilot, he’s now a scientist who yearns to make new discoveries, so how he approaches using the ring will be different.

“Hal Jordan is a smart, capable person with a space and science background who has a lot of untapped potential even before he finds the ring,” Bechko explained. “That means he’s going to approach everything the ring does from the perspective of a scientist, but he’s going to employ it for action and adventure. The result for us as writers is the opportunity to fully embrace the science fiction aspects of the story in a way that would be impossible with a lot of other characters.”

I can’t see the point. There are loads of Green Lanterns, so if you want to tell a story about a scientist then you can make up a Green Lantern who’s a scientist. But if you want to tell a story about Hal Jordan then it really ought to be, you know, Hal Jordan